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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I sit down with Wolfgang Puck, a culinary icon whose restaurants have shaped fine dining around the world. We talk about what it takes to create not just a great meal but an unforgettable experience, from hand-selecting ingredients at the farmer’s market to making every guest feel like the most important person in the room. Wolfgang shares how his mother’s encouragement and his stepfather’s harshness pushed him toward excellence, and why discipline, humility, and consistency matter in both life and business. He also explains the simple rule that has guided his success for decades: spend less than you make.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to office hours.
0:01.5	I'm David Meltzer, and we're blessed to be here in the lobby of the win.
0:04.6	At our studios with Sirius XM, and I have the medalist edition.
0:08.6	There's so many medals here, Chad, and I are just amazed.
0:10.9	We're trying to keep track of all the gold, silver, and brawn and world championship.
0:14.1	They just keep piling up.
0:16.0	But, you know, like, when I'm talking to my wife, she's impressed with all of you. You know, I go through the names of my co-host and she's like, wow, you know, LaShawn Merritt, John Goyle, and the amazing Chad Sandrigan.
0:27.2	But this guy, he wins the women's hearts in the way that women really should be won over, which is through their stomachs.
0:35.6	It's an understatement to say he's an owner and a restaurant tour.
0:38.7	He's truly the Hall of Famer of Culinary Arts.
0:41.9	And if you mention his name, it's like mentioning Einstein's name.
0:46.1	You say Einstein, everybody around the world says genius.
0:49.9	When you say Wolfgang Puts, Puck, everybody says delicious.
0:55.1	Unbelievable. And you actually know him., everybody says delicious. Unbelievable.
0:55.8	And you actually know him.
0:57.0	We actually know him.
0:58.2	Welcome to Office Hours, Wolfgang Puck.
1:00.7	Hello.
1:01.3	It's so good to be with you guys again.
1:03.4	Thank you.
1:04.2	We can wait to go to Vegas and coming next week for the Formula One.
1:08.2	Yeah, well, you're going to love that a lot more than this show,
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